Tomoe Gozen

Tomoe Gozen (1156-1184) was a female samurai and the wife of Minamoto Yoshinaka, the daimyo of the Kiso Minamoto clan.

Biography
Tomoe Gozen was married to Minamato Yoshinaka, the daimyo of the Kiso Minamoto branch of the Minamoto clan of central Japan. He was a cruel tyrant, but Gozen was a warrior like him, sent out with strong armor, an oversized sword, and a mighty bow in battle by her husband. In 1184 she was sent to fight in the Battle of Awazu alongside her husband and his milk brother Imai Kanehira, and killed Kamakura Minamoto samurai Uchida Ieyoshi, although she died in the defeat of the Kiso Minamoto clan along with the other generals.